Elections (Hours of Poll) Act 1885
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| Long title | An Act to extend the Hours of Polling at Parliamentary and Municipal Elections. |
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| Citation | 48 & 49 Vict. c. 10 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 28 April 1885 |
| Commencement | 14 August 1885[b] |
| Repealed | 30 July 1948 |
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| Amended by | |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Elections (Hours of Poll) Act 1884[c] | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to extend the Hours of Polling at Parliamentary and Municipal Elections in certain Boroughs. |
| Citation | 47 & 48 Vict. c. 34 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 28 July 1884 |
| Commencement | 28 July 1884[d] |
| Repealed | 14 August 1885 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Elections (Hours of Poll) Act 1885 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Elections (Hours of Poll) Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 10) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It became law on 28 April 1885.
The act provided that at every parliamentary election and municipal election, the poll was to remain open from 8 o'clock a.m. to 8 o'clock p.m. It did not apply in places where no poll was held, or in elections to university constituencies. It repealed the Elections (Hours of Poll) Act 1884, and went into force at the end of the enacting Parliament, meaning it first applied for the 1885 United Kingdom general election.
Subsequent developments
The whole act was repealed by section 80(7) of, and the thirteenth schedule to, the Representation of the People Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 65), which came into force on 30 July 1948.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Section 4.
- ↑ Section 5.
- ↑ Section 3.
- ↑ The Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793.
References
- ↑ "Representation of the People Act 1948", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Geo6/11-12 c. 65
- Oliver & Boyd's new Edinburgh almanac and national repository for the year 1886. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1886
External links
- Text of the Elections (Hours of Poll) Act 1885 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.